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catherine wheel

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Noun Phrase
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cath=e=rine wheel

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun catherine wheel has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

catherine wheel,  [So called from St. Catherine of Alexandria, who is represented with a wheel, in allusion to her martyrdom.].
  •  Same as Rose window and Wheel window. Called also Catherine-wheel window.  [1913 Webster]
  •  A revolving piece of fireworks resembling in form the window of the same name.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

catherine wheel, n.
1 a firework in the form of a flat coil which spins when fixed and lit.
2 a circular window with radial divisions.

Etymology
mod.L Catharina f. Gk Aikaterina name of a saint martyred on a spiked wheel
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